Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The China Tibet Mountaineering Association has decided to keep Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu closed to foreign expeditions until the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrey Vasiliev and his team are back in Nepal for a new attempt on the tough south side of Cho Oyu. After a serious attempt on ...

On October 19, 1954, climbers topped out on Cho Oyu for the first time. A small Austrian party summited via the Northwest Ridge after approaching through Nangpa La. Herbert Tichy, Sepp Joechler, and ...

In an Instagram story posted last week by Nepali mountaineer Gelje Sherpa, the camera follows his teammate Gesman Tamang as he struggles to walk through a thigh-deep snow field somewhere on the lower ...

The sixth-highest mountain in the world, Cho Oyu is located 20km west of Everest, on the border between Tibet and Nepal. We have already written a brief climbing history of the mountain, as well as a ...

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Chinese scientists have achieved a historic feat as they summited Mount Cho Oyu, the world's sixth-highest peak, for the first time, local media reported on Monday. The expedition aimed to conduct ...

The 2,800-meter-high (9,200-foot) southeast face of 8,201-meter Cho Oyu, on the Nepal-Tibet border. The red line marks Urubko’s planned route on Cho Oyu; he and his partner deviated “not so much” from ...

KATHMANDU: A 16-year-old girl from Australia successfully climbed Mt Cho Oyu this autumn season becoming the youngest woman in the world to climb the mountain. Born in March, 2003 in Brighton, ...

Nepali climber Gelje Sherpa, 29, is proceeding with a wintertime ascent of 26,864-foot Cho Oyu, which straddles the China-Nepal border. While most expeditions on the mountain start in Tibet, Gelje ...

I've been amused to read the news and comments regarding Marat Safin's decision to skip the next few weeks of tennis, including Russia's Davis Cup semifinal against Germany this weekend. Instead, he ...